Areas of Focus
- Drug research based on active natural products, mainly including the synthesis and structural optimization of cardiovascular active natural products
- Target-based drug research, mainly including the study of metabolically regulatory small molecule drugs
- Design, synthesis, and biological application of fluorescent probes for biomolecules and cell signaling pathways
Work Experience
- 2004-2006 - University of Rhode Island, School of Pharmacy - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2006-2008 - University of Rochester, Department of Chemistry - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2009-2012 - Fudan University, School of Pharmacy, Department of Medicinal Chemistry - Lecturer
- 2012-2019 - Fudan University, School of Pharmacy, Department of Medicinal Chemistry - Associate Professor
- 2019-Present - Fudan University, School of Pharmacy, Department of Medicinal Chemistry - Professor
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1994-1998 Bachelor: Xi'an Jiaotong University, School of Chemical Engineering
- 1998-2001 Master: Tianjin University, School of Chemical Engineering
- 2001-2004 Ph.D.: Peking University, School of Pharmacy
Publications
- Anal. Chem.2020, ASAP: doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.0c02670, Ji-An Chen, Wei Guo, Zhijun Wang, Nannan Sun, Hongming Pan, Jiahui Tan, Zhirong Ouyang, Wei Fu, Yonghui Wang, Wei Hu* and Xianfeng Gu*, 2020
- Org. Biomol. Chem., 2020, 18: 4744-4747, Jie Gao, Xiaofan Yin, Mimi Li, Ji-An Chen, Jiahui Tan, Zhen Zhao * and Xianfeng Gu*, 2020
- Chem. Comm., 2020, 56: 2731-2734, Ji-An Chen, Hongming Pan, Zhijun Wang, Jie Gao, Jiahui Tan, Zhirong Ouyang, Wei Guo and Xianfeng Gu*, 2020
- Chem. Comm., 2020, 56: 7761-7764, Ning Zhu, Ge Xu, Rongchen Wang, Tianli Zhu, Jiahui Tan, Xianfeng Gu* and Chunchang Zhao*, 2020
- J. Am. Chem. Soc.2020, 142, 15084-15090, Rongchen Wang$, Xianfeng Gu$, Qizhao Li, Jie Gao, Ben Shi, Ge Xu, Tianli Zhu, He Tian, and Chunchang Zhao*, 2020
- J. Mater. Chem. B, 2020, 8, 6013-6016, Hengyan Liu, Ge Xu, Tianli Zhu, Rongchen Wang, Jiahui Tan, Chunchang Zhao* and Xianfeng Gu*, 2020
- Eur. J. Med. Chem. 2018, 157: 599-609, Mimi Li, Xia Li, Zhonglian Cao, Yuntong Wu, Ji-An Chen, Jie Gao, Zhijun Wang, Wei Guo, Xianfeng Gu*, 2018
- Eur. J. Med. Chem.2017, 139:657, Wei Guo, Huikun Zhu, Zhijun Wang, Ji-An Chen, Jian Wu, Yizhun Zhu, Xianfeng Gu*, 2017
- Sci.Reports.2016, 6: 29820, Ying Wang, Yang Cao, Qing Zhu, Xianfeng Gu*, Yizhun Zhu*, 2016
- Chem. Comm.2015, 51, 13135-13137, Lili Zhang, Huikun Zhu, Mimi Li, Xianfeng Gu*, 2015
Awards
- 2017 Fudan University Shangyao Zhongxi Teaching Award